Senior Staff Backend Engineer, Cloud SaaS & Security

Palo Alto Networks; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 126,000 - 204,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Restricted stock units

Bonus potential

Health benefits

Job summary

A leading cybersecurity firm located in Santa Clara is seeking a Sr Staff Engineer Software to design and build backend services for Prisma Access. The ideal candidate will have over 8 years of experience in SaaS solutions, particularly using Go, and a strong grasp of cloud infrastructures. You will collaborate with various teams, writing maintainable code and mentoring others. This role requires a B.S. in Computer Science or Engineering, and offers a salary range between $126,000 and $204,500 per year.

Qualifications

• 8+ years’ experience building complex, high-scale SaaS solutions—preferably using Go.
• Passion for software engineering and coding, energetic and eager to create and outperform.
• Experience developing cloud distributed applications and cloud infrastructures.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable system architectures and deliver resolutions to production challenges.
• Write clean, testable, and maintainable code for thousands of customers.
• Mentor team members to foster their professional growth.

Skills

Building complex, high-scale SaaS solutions

Software engineering passion

Developing cloud distributed applications

Strong computer science fundamentals

Designing and implementing scalable REST APIs

Hands-on experience with SQL/NoSQL databases

Understanding of microservices deployments

Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Education

B.S. or B.A. in Computer Science or Engineering

Job description

A leading cybersecurity firm located in Santa Clara is seeking a Sr Staff Engineer Software to design and build backend services for Prisma Access. The ideal candidate will have over 8 years of experience in SaaS solutions, particularly using Go, and a strong grasp of cloud infrastructures. You will collaborate with various teams, writing maintainable code and mentoring others. This role requires a B.S. in Computer Science or Engineering, and offers a salary range between $126,000 and $204,500 per year.